Chapter 890: "The Dragon," is finished!
The crew filmed the final episodes of "The Dragon" for three days.
In fact, Cheng Jingyu and Lü Dun had already finished filming their last scenes and stayed on set to film the last bit of the story with Xiao He.
So by the time Xiao He officially finished filming, many of the actors in the crew had already finished filming and left, leaving very few people in the crew. Even many of the crew members had left, leaving only a small part of the filming team.
Xiao He didn't care too much about this, after all, he knew that he was the one with the biggest problem this time, which delayed the crew for quite a long time. Now that Director Zhuang had arranged for everyone to leave in advance, it was indeed the most efficient arrangement.
As for the final ending, Xiao He acted out the script he had received.
However, he heard that during the time he was away from the crew, Zhuang Hongyi took advantage of everyone's free time to film some more scenes with them.
Xiao He wasn't quite sure whether this part was an extension or supplement to the ending or a supplement to the previous plot.
According to the plot he knows so far, Wang Budao sacrificed himself, and Chu Xin risked her Yin-Yang eyes to summon the tomb owner, but in the end, the owner possessed Zhou Zhiyi's body. The final outcome was nothing more than mutual destruction.
There is a settled saying in orthodox Taoism: "True gods do not possess bodies; those who possess bodies are not true gods."
Regardless of their life, the tomb's occupant remains a malevolent spirit after death. Normal people cannot bear such a price, and only Zhou Zhiyi, with his powerful aura and ability to stop killing with killing, can suppress this force. However, the ultimate price is that he, along with the others, remains underground, sacrificing himself to suppress the tomb's malevolent energy, and also to suppress the monsters emerging from the research institute. His body becomes the battle array, his soul the sacrifice, fighting the tomb's occupant and the other monsters, endlessly entangled and tormented in this way—
Perhaps compared to Wang Budao's sacrifice, Chu Xin's blindness, and Zhou Zhiyi's tragic end, there is another kind of horror.
The final scene that Xiao He needed to act in was naturally this part.
This part looks like it requires a lot of people to participate, but in reality, Xiao He can basically do it all by himself.
Since most of these are ghosts and evil spirits, it's impossible to film these "things" on location, so this part will be done with post-production special effects.
Xiao He only needs to play against thin air.
For this part, Xiao He, who has already acted in "Time and Space Standoff," wants to say: "I know this part very well!"
During the previous mech battles, they were all fighting thin air or small green creatures. Now it's just monsters, right? There's no difference.
Therefore, this part of the filming was very simple, and Xiao He quickly completed the filming task. Director Zhuang officially confirmed that "Long" was completely finished!
However, this wrap-up celebration was much more desolate. The once lively venue was now almost deserted, with only a few people left to wrap things up. After Xiao He finished filming all his scenes in a bloody manner, only a few familiar crew members came to celebrate his wrap-up. The other actors had basically all left.
Zhuang Hongyi had specifically explained this to Xiao He; they had already bought tickets for tomorrow and planned to return directly to Beijing after finishing here.
Of course, the most important point is that their lease on the venue is about to expire.
At the time, Zhuang Hongyi explained expressionlessly: "The venue fees in Hong Kong are much more expensive than in the mainland, and the renewal period for venues here must be at least one month, which is a considerable expense."
In Hong Kong, land is incredibly expensive, which is nothing new. It's just unexpected that the rental fees here would be so high that Zhuang Hongyi, a capitalist, had to pack up and run away overnight.
When Xiao He heard the news, he felt a little guilty and embarrassed: "Uh, I'm sorry, Director Zhuang, I've slowed down your progress this time."
"Oh, that's alright. The main thing is that we believe you can finish filming in the last few days. If you can't, we'll send a team to discuss with the other film crews that are planning to film later and ask if we can use their location for a few days."
Zhuang Hongyi waved his hand, ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) "However, judging from the layout and environment of this venue, it probably won't be that popular. Maybe after we finish filming, no other film crews will come. Then we'll just shamelessly freeload for a few days."
Xiao He: "...Ha, haha."
Director Zhuang, do you realize you've gone out of character?
Your rich persona has been ruined!
Why are you so stingy when renting a venue? This is completely out of character for a rich and famous director like you!
Oh, no, he's a capitalist.
Xiao He's expression instantly turned blank.
That's alright, the more capitalist they are, the stingier they are.
It's perfectly reasonable to pack up and leave early in order to avoid paying more venue fees, right?
This is called rational resource planning!
"I understand, Director Zhuang."
Xiao He couldn't resist teasing him further: "So, Director Zhuang, shall I go back with you guys? I can mooch some travel expenses while I'm at it."
Zhuang Hongyi glanced at Xiao He sideways: "But I remember your agent said you still have things to do in Hong Kong and won't be coming back with us for the time being."
So their production team didn't buy tickets for Xiao He and his crew at all.
Filming for "Long" has finished, so they will no longer cover Xiao He's travel expenses.
Solve it yourself!
Xiao He was heartbroken: "Director Zhuang, we've worked together for so long, how could you change your mind so quickly?"
Zhuang Hongyi: "Oh right, who was it that made me change my mind? When your Xiang Sheng Hao had that accident, I was heartbroken."
It wasn't heartbreak, but rather a sudden cardiac arrest from fright.
After all, which director wouldn't feel a pang of anxiety upon hearing that their lead actor, who was about to finish filming, had an accident?
Zhuang Hongyi didn't say it at the time, but he was actually quite frightened and called back to Beijing that night to ask for information from his connections.
Xiao He is such a worry!
Zhuang Hongyi, already frightened by Xiao He, was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore. He simply patted Xiao He on the shoulder and said, "Let's cooperate again later."
What else can we do?
Their partnership is already very close, and now they can't take the goods back.
"Once things are settled in Hong Kong, I'll head back to the mainland as soon as possible; it'll be more convenient to handle things on my own turf."
Zhuang Hongyi added at the end.
Xiao He understood Zhuang Hongyi's meaning and helplessly defended himself: "Director Zhuang, actually I've only done this once or twice, and you see, the matter was resolved smoothly, wasn't it?"
Zhuang Hongyi: "Hehe."
For most people, experiencing something like this once is terrifying enough, let alone once or twice! How dare you say that?!
Fortunately, at that moment a green dog's head appeared at their feet.
—It's the majestic figure wearing a little green outfit.
"Woof!"
Today is Xiao He's wrap-up day, and also the wrap-up day for Wei Feng and other "monster actors".
Weifeng, unaware that this would be the day they parted ways, was still happily wagging its tail and jumping on Xiao He to play games with him.
Fortunately, it pounced on Xiao He, who was strong enough to withstand its weight; otherwise, an ordinary person would have staggered a few steps.
Xiao He supported Weifeng's two front paws and said earnestly, "Weifeng, you really should lose weight!"
It remained silent, only its ears were pricked up high, and its tail wagged incessantly.
The tail lashed out and hit Zhuang Hongyi's leg with a loud crackling sound. Zhuang Hongyi immediately put on a pained mask: "Oh, right, Weifeng is going back to the police station today too."
"Speaking of which, it really likes you! It always wants to play with you on its way to and from get off work. A while ago, when you weren't back on set, it wasn't feeling well and was listless all the time. Aren't you planning to find someone to adopt it? I heard that your big park might be missing a guard dog, right? Or I can ask around in Hong Kong for you?"
"It's alright, thank you, Director Zhuang. I've already discussed it with the police leadership there."
"Huh? This isn't in accordance with the regulations, is it? Did they agree to it?"
Zhuang Hongyi was surprised.
“Oh, well, it’s impossible to say it directly.” Xiao He said frankly, “But when I showed them the scale and condition of my family’s royal garden, they fell silent.”
How can silence not be considered acquiescence?
Zhuang Hongyi:...I seriously suspect you're flaunting your wealth, but I have no proof.
Wait, is it possible for Zhuang Hongyi to be the one being flaunted with wealth?
Shouldn't it always be him showing off his wealth?